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Although Willie Foster was a noted bluesman and accomplished harmonica player in his own right, he's best-known for playing alongside other blues greats, especially <a href="spotify:artist:4y6J8jwRAwO4dssiSmN91R">Muddy Waters</a>. Foster discovered the blues and bought his first harmonica as a young man in the '20s, and as a teenager met <a href="spotify:artist:4y6J8jwRAwO4dssiSmN91R">Waters</a>, who he would play with off and on throughout the years. But Foster didn't receive his first paying musical gig until the '50s, when he began playing at a St. Louis nightclub. It was during that decade that <a href="spotify:artist:4y6J8jwRAwO4dssiSmN91R">Waters</a> and Foster played a concert together at New York City's famed Carnegie Hall. Foster kept playing throughout the years (despite being dealt such life-altering blows as losing a leg and being considered legally blind). The day after he performed at a private party in Jackson, TN, on May 19, 2001, Foster passed away from an apparent heart attack. ~ Greg Prato, Rovi
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